Category Archives: Travel Guides
The Road to Ever After
Davy David, an orphan, lives by his wits in the dead-end town of Brownvale. When a stray dog called George turns Davy`s life upside down just days before Christmas, he sets in motion a chain of events which forces them to flee. A mischievous wind blows the two of them to a boarded-up museum on
Miss Jane
`As unexpectedly beguiling as it is affecting.` Daily MailSince his award-winning debut collection of stories, Last Days of the Dog-Men, Brad Watson`s work has been as melancholy, witty, strange, and lovely as any in America. Inspired by the true story of his own great-aunt, he explores the life of Miss Jane Chisolm, born in rural,
Once Upon a Wild Wood
A visual feast on every page, illustrated with warmth and humour and full of witty details to discover – this is Chris Riddell at his picture book best!Little Green Raincape is on her way to Rapunzel`s party, deep in the wild woods. The way is long and dark, but Green is a smart girl. Smart
The Wonder
An eleven-year-old girl stops eating, but remains miraculously alive and well. A nurse, sent to investigate whether she is a fraud, meets a journalist hungry for a story.Set in the Irish Midlands in the 1850s, Emma Donoghue`s The Wonder – inspired by numerous European and North American cases of `fasting girls` between the sixteenth century
ALICE`S CAROUSEL BOOK
This gorgeous edition of Lewis Carroll`s famous children`s classic is a fabulous book that opens out into a carousel shape, showing Alice`s Adventures in Wonderland in six visually enchanting 3-dimensional scenes. Using original artwork by Sir John Tenniel and an abridged version of Lewis Carroll`s original text, Alice`s Adventures in Wonderland Carousel Book is a
You`re Called What?
Ice Cream Cone Worm. Monkeyface Prickleback. Pink Fairy Armadillo. You`re called WHAT?!Welcome to the Ministry of Silly Animal Names where all the creatures have one thing in common: they want to change their names.A unique and rip-roaringly funny, tongue-twisting story full of weird and wonderful real creatures and facts at the end that will amaze.
Swimmer Among the Stars
`Swimmer Among the Stars announces the arrival of a writer who is gifted not just with extraordinary talent but also with a subtle, original and probing mind.` Amitav GhoshAn interview with the last speaker of a language. A chronicle of the final seven days of a town that is about to be razed to the
In the Skin of a Lion: Picador Classic
With an introduction by Anne Enright Before the real city could be seen it had to be imagined, the way rumours and tall tales were a kind of charting. It is the 1920s, and Patrick Lewis has arrived in the bustling city of Toronto, leaving behind his Canadian wilderness home. Immersed in the lives of
Soft City
With an introduction by Iain SinclairIn the city we can live deliberately: inventing and renewing ourselves, carving out journeys, creating private spaces. But in the city we are also afraid of being alone, clinging to the structures of daily life to ward off the chaos around us. How is it that the noisy, jostling, overwhelming
Date with Death
Samson O`Brien has been dismissed from the police force, and returns to his hometown of Bruncliffe in the Yorkshire Dales to set up the Dales Detective Agency while he fights to clear his name. However, the people of Bruncliffe aren`t that welcoming to a man they see as trouble.Delilah Metcalfe, meanwhile, is struggling to keep
Date with Malice
It`s dark in the Dales this winter . . . When Mrs Shepherd arrives at the Dales Detective Agency on a December morning, quite convinced that someone is trying to kill her, Samson O`Brien dismisses her fears as the ramblings of a confused elderly lady. But after a series of disturbing incidents at Fellside Court
Bleaker House: Chasing My Novel to the End of the World
`Perfect` Lena Dunham `This year`s literary sensation` Evening StandardHow far would you travel to become a writer?8000 miles from home1085 calories a day3 months to write the novel that would make her name.At least that was the plan. But when Nell Stevens travelled to Bleaker Island in the Falklands (official population: two) she didn`t count
Into the Jungle
`Into the Jungle` is a modern classic in the making, as Katherine Rundell creates charming and compelling origin stories for all Kipling`s best-loved characters, from Baloo and Shere Khan to Kaa and Bagheera. As Mowgli travels through the Indian jungle, this brilliantly visual tale, which weaves each short story together into a wider whole, will
Little Red Reading Hood
Whilst leaving footpaths should NEVER be done, Straying from stories is all sorts of fun!Little Red Reading Hood LOVES reading books and making up stories of her own. When she meets a cunning wolf while on her way to the library, he convinces her to stray from the path and read for a little while.
David Copperfield
In one of his most energetic and enjoyable novels, Charles Dickens tells the life story of David Copperfield, from his birth in Suffolk, through the various struggles of his childhood, to his successful career as a novelist. The early scenes are particularly masterful, depicting the world as seen from the perspective of a fatherless small
The Killing of Butterfly Joe
`Wonderful entertainment` ‘“ The Times`A wild-eyed road trip across America, filled with colourful characters, crazy anecdotes, sparky dialogue` ‘“ Big Issue`I killed Joe once, in a manner of speaking. But not twice. Not in the way you mean.`Llew Jones wanted to see the States and write about the experience. Then he met Joe Bosco, a
Cake
Cake has been invited to a party. He`s very excited! He`s never been to a birthday party before. And he doesn`t know what to expect. But as the candles on his party hat begin to burn and the other party guests start to sing, Cake starts to think that this is one party he`d rather
The Last Photograph
He walks into the living room and June is dead.He centres her, checking the light. Focusing, he clicks the shutter.He`ll ask himself later, if he knew. It`s easy to say that he had acted without thinking, out of instinct. Rook Henderson is an award-winning photographer, still carrying the hidden scars of war. Now, suddenly, he
Ibw Carol Ann Duffy Collection
In Off the Shelf: A Celebration of Bookshops in Verse, Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy has commissioned a selection of the UK`s most loved and lauded poets to each write a poem in celebration of books and bookshops – the worlds they hold, the freedoms they promise, and the memories they evoke. From a basement
Island Home: A Landscape Memoir
`I grew up on the world`s largest island.` From his childhood, Tim Winton`s relationship with the landscape around him – Australia`s swamps and bush, rockpools, seacaves and scrub – has been as vital as any other connection. Whether camping in hidden inlets, walking in the high rocky desert fringe, or diving at Ningaloo Reef, Winton
